School of Natural Resources and Environment

Environmental Policy and Planning

Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO)

Typical application deadline: 
November
Page last updated: 
09/21/2010
Contact Phone: 
(202) 628-8188
Application Deadline: 
November 17, 2010
Funding source home page: 
International Research & Exchanges Board
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Master's and Predoctoral students must be enrolled in a master's or doctoral program, may not be a current IREX employee or consultant or their immediate family members

weblinks: 
Grant information
Application information
Keywords: 
Asia
Behavior
Eastern Europe
Environmental Justice
International
Policy
Research/field research
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Systems Thinking/Complexity Science
Travel
Amount: 
Round trip airfare, stipend for living expenses, housing allowance, visas, emergency evacuation insurance
Funding Abstract: 

The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO) provides students, scholars and professionals with support to perform policy relevant field research in the countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. In addition to engaging in research in the region, the IARO fellowship gives scholars the opportunity to increase their understanding of critical, policy relevant issues, develop and sustain international networks, and collaborate with foreign scholars on topics vital to both the academic and policy-making communities.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

A complete application should include (submitted in this order, with each copy collated):
- Completed application form
- Grant proposal
- Curriculum Vitae
- Transcripts (if required)
- Professional/Academic Reference

- One language proficiency report for each language.
Hard copy via mail: Submit the original along with three stapled copies (four applications total for IREX and remember to make a copy for your own files) of the completed application, and all supplementary materials.
Email: Send application and supporting materials to iaro@irex.org.
Online: Follow instructions.

Fund Usage: 
Travel, monthly stipend, evacuation insurance, visas
Funding Restrictions: 

Must conduct research in one of the following countries:

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,  Uzbekistan

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems

Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship

Typical application deadline: 
March
Page last updated: 
01/13/2011
Application Deadline: 
March 1, 2011
weblinks: 
Scholarship information, including link to application
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Other
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Recipient must be a member of the Water Environment Federation and a post-baccalaureate student in the water environment fund.

Funding source home page: 
Water Environment Federation
Keywords: 
Ecological studies
Ecosystem
General support
Lake
Ocean/Marine
Pollution
Restoration
Science/technology
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Water/Aquatic
Amount: 
$25,000
Funding Abstract: 

This scholarship, honoring the former Water Environment Executive Director, Robert Canham, provides $25,000 for a post-baccalaureate student in the water environment field. 

Type of Funding: 
Award/Prize
Funding Comments: 

Recipient is responsible for taxes due on the award.
The scholarship funds will be dispersed directly to the recipient's college or university at the beginning of the appropriate school term. The college or university will be instructed to apply the funds to the recipient's account to be used for direct educational expenses such as room and board, tuition and books.

Application Process and Required Materials: 
This scholarship provides $25,000 for a post-baccalaureate student in the water environment field.  The scholarship is for education related expenses such as room and board, tuition and books. The scholarship may not be used to cover stipends or wages.
Application Requirements and Criteria:
  1. Member of the Water Environment Federation.
  2. Completed application providing a summary of academic and practical experience in the environmental field.
  3. Official college/university transcripts.
  4. Letter of acceptance to a graduate program in the water environment field.
  5. Recommendations from three persons (at least one of these persons should be a member of the Water Environment Federation) who can attest to the applicant's academic and/or practical experience.
  6. A detailed statement of degree objectives as related to applicant's career goals and intent to work in the water environment field (750 words minimum; 1,000 words maximum). Statement must accompany the application.
  7. Recipients of the scholarship are expected to make a commitment to work in the water environment field for two years following completion of the degree.

 

 

Fund Usage: 
Tuition, general support
Funding Restrictions: 

Recipients of the scholarship are expected to make a commitment to work in the water environment field for two years following completion of the degree.

Fields of Study: 
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems

Multiple fellowships

Typical application deadline: 
November
Page last updated: 
09/16/2010
Contact Phone: 
(613) 234-8252, ext 104
Application Deadline: 
November 1, 2010
Funding source home page: 
Canadian Federation of University Women
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Applicants must be female.

1. hold at least a bachelors degree or equivalent from a recognized university;
2. have been accepted into, or be currently enrolled in, her proposed program and place of study.
3. be a Canadian citizen or have held landed immigrant status or permanent residence in Canada for at least one year.

weblinks: 
Fellowship information, including application instructions (in pdf format)
Keywords: 
International students
Women
Amount: 
Varies
Funding Abstract: 

CFUW DR. MARGARET McWILLIAMS PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: $12,000
The candidate must have completed at least one full calendar year as a full-time student in doctoral level studies, and be a full-time student, at the time of application. She may be studying abroad.
DR. MARION ELDER GRANT FELLOWSHIP: funded by CFUW/Wolfville
$10,000
At the time of application, the candidate must be enrolled in a full-time course of studies at any level of a masters or doctoral program, except the first year of a first* masters program. One of her letters of reference must be provided by her graduate supervisor. All else being equal, preference will be given to the holder of an Acadia University degree.
*i.e., a candidate embarking on her second masters degree would be eligible in her first year of study.
CFUW MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP:
$9,000
The candidate must be enrolled in a masters degree program in science, mathematics, or engineering. She may be studying abroad.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Eligible applications for the CFUW Fellowships and Awards require:

- Acceptance or current enrollment in her proposed program and place of study

- Completed filing fee payment form

- Two (2) sections of required information: Section I – Statement of Intent and Section II – Questions 1-5

- Confirmation of enrolment in a graduate program; and

- Three (3) letters of reference.

Fund Usage: 
Award
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Academic Achievement Award

Contact Name: 
Linda Moody, Scholarship Coordinator
Typical application deadline: 
October
Page last updated: 
09/09/2010
Contact Phone: 
(303) 347-6201
Application Deadline: 
October 1, 2010
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

All Masters theses and doctoral dissertations that are relevant to the water supply industry are eligible. Manuscripts must reflect the work of a single author and be submitted during the competition year in which the manuscript is submitted for degree. The competition is open to students majoring in any subject, provided the work is directly related to the drinking water supply industry.

weblinks: 
Funding source homepage
Funding information page
Keywords: 
Ecosystem
Great Lakes
Lake
Ocean/Marine
Pollution
Water/Aquatic
Watershed
Wetlands
Amount: 
$1,500 or $3,000
Funding Abstract: 

The Academic Achievement Award encourages academic excellence by recognizing contributions to the field of public water supply. All master's theses and doctoral dissertations that are relevant to the water supply industry are eligible. The manuscript must reflect the work of a single author and be submitted during the competition year in which it was submitted for the degree.
Entries are considered by a panel of judges (Academic Achievement Award Committee) appointed by the American Water Works Association, and are evaluated on the basis of originality, practical application, value to the water supply field, potential value as a reference, and overall clarity.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Funding Comments: 

Two first place awards $3,000; Two second place awards - $1,500

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Manuscripts submitted to the Academic Achievement Award Committee shall be unbound and postmarked by October 1. The entry form must include the name of the author, name of the school and department, name of the major professor, the degree sought, a one-page abstract of the manuscript plus a letter of endorsement from the major professor or department chair

Fields of Study: 
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems

Grants in Aid Programs

Typical application deadline: 
January
Contact Name: 
Rebecca Griffin
Page last updated: 
10/26/2010
Application Deadline: 
January 31, 2011
Contact Phone: 
918-560-2644
weblinks: 
Listing of available grants
Application information
Funding source home page: 
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Must be enrolled in a Master's or PhD program.

Keywords: 
Business/Industry
Energy
International students
Land management
Natural Resource Management
Research/field research
Women
Amount: 
$500-$2,000
Funding Abstract: 

The program is for geoscience graduate students whose research has application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy-mineral resources, and/or related environmental geology issues.
Graduate students at U-M are qualified to apply for the Richard W. Beardsley Named Grant and the Suzanne Takken Memorial Grant. The Beardsley Grant is restricted to a student studying petroleum geology in the AAPG Eastern Section or studying the petroleum geology of the Eastern Section region and the Suzanne Takken Memorial Grant is awarded first preference to a female geoscience graduate studeyn at the University of Michigan.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

1) Applicant name and contact information
2) Academic and employment history
3) Project summary
4) Description of research project
5) Project budget and funding request
6) Previous AAPG Foundation grant (if any).
7) The name and email address for each of two references qualified to endorse you and your project.
(Preferably your thesis/project supervisor and the Department Chairman or Director)
8) Official college academic transcripts from the last two years (or equivalent). This transcript must be mailed to AAPG Foundation, c/o GIA Coordinator, P.O. Box 979, Tulsa, OK 74101-0979 and cannot be submitted online. Xerox copies of transcripts are unacceptable.
You may assemble elements 1 through 7 online, resuming or revising your submission at any point between now and the submission deadline. Once you begin a submission, please note your ID# and password in the top left frame. You will need to utilize this information to login to your submission. However, please note, you WILL NOT be able to edit your application after you "Conclude the submission".

Fund Usage: 
Travel, research
Funding Restrictions: 

Grants are to be applied to expenses directly related to the student's thesis work, such as summer field work, laboratory analyses, etc. Funds are not to be used to purchase capital equipment, attend conferences, or to pay salaries, tuition, or room and board during the school year. Funds must be spent within 18 months of receipt of the award. The educational institution attended by the applicant must not require or allow a grant to be turned over to the institution or decrease any funding or other benefit received by the applicant if a grant is awarded.
Candidates for Master's or equivalent degrees may receive a maximum of one grant, and Ph.D. candidates may receive a maximum of two grants. No more than two grants will be awarded to any one applicant during their graduate education.

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

Horton (Hydrology) Research Grant

Typical application deadline: 
May
Page last updated: 
03/07/2011
Contact Phone: 
(202) 462-6900
Application Deadline: 
May 1, 2011
Funding source home page: 
Hydrology Section, AGU
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Masters
Master's Project
Ph.D.
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

- Graduate students are eligible at any point in their doctoral program in hydrology, water resources, or a closely related field.
- Those who do not win an award in any given year are eligible to apply again in subsequent years.

- U.S. citizenship is not a requirement to apply.

- Recipients must be student members of AGU.

weblinks: 
Award Information
Proposal Instructions
Keywords: 
Ecosystem
Fish/Fishery
Lake
Ocean/Marine
Policy
Research/field research
River
Systems Thinking/Complexity Science
Water/Aquatic
Watershed
Amount: 
$10,000
Funding Abstract: 

In 1982, the Hydrology Section of AGU gained access to a portion of the income of the Robert E. Horton Fund for Hydrologic Research. This permitted the initiation of the Horton Research Grant, which was first awarded in 1983. The grant is in support of research projects in hydrology and water resources by Ph.D. candidates in institutions of higher education and is awarded annually. Its objective is to foster graduate student research leading to the completion of doctoral dissertations. Appropriate topics may be in hydrology (including its physical, chemical, or biological aspects) or in water resources policy sciences (including economics, systems analysis, sociology and law).

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Proposal Elements:

- Executive Summary of Proposed Work

 

- Statement of Purpose

 

- Detailed Budget

- Letters of Recommendation

Proposals will be submitted online via AGU’s grant application system.

Fund Usage: 
Research
Funding Restrictions: 

Payment is made directly to the recipients in two installments. The first installment is presented at the AGU Fall Meeting. The second installment is given in June upon receipt by the Hydrology Section President of a brief progress report.

Fields of Study: 
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems

Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP)

Typical application deadline: 
ongoing
Contact Name: 
Varies by target country
Page last updated: 
04/09/2010
Contact Phone: 
(703) 292-5111
Funding source home page: 
National Science Foundation
Applicant Eligibility: 
Ph.D.
Other
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Project (DDEP) proposals must be submitted by the faculty advisor of the graduate student whose dissertation project is the subject of the proposal.

weblinks: 
Grant information
Country- and region-specific contacts
Keywords: 
General support
International
Research/field research
Science/technology
Travel
Amount: 
$15,000 maximum per award
Funding Abstract: 

The United States needs to educate a globally-engaged science and engineering workforce capable of performing in an international research environment in order to remain at the forefront of world science and technology.  To support this aim, the Developing Global Scientists and Engineers program provides highest quality international research experiences for US students. The Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP) supports the dissertation research abroad of one doctoral student in collaboration with a foreign investigator.

Type of Funding: 
Grant
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Online application includes:

  • Proposal Cover Sheet and OISE Cover Page Addendum.
  • Project Summary. Include information on the collaborative aspects of the project as well as the scientific research andeducational activities. Intellectual merit and broader impacts anticipated from the international activity must be addressed inseparate paragraphs.
  • Project Description (15 pages max.) and Results from Prior NSF Support (2 pages max., included within project description) covering research objectives and methodology; description of cooperative arrangement, including identification of host researchers or mentors; details on the scientific significance of the host country/counterpart institution; a description of the role of the foreign institution/country in the graduate student’s thesis and career objectives; tentative schedule of activities; expected scientific and international benefits to be derived.
  • Biographical sketch of foreign counterpart(s) (max. two pages/person).
  • Letter of endorsement signed by a senior investigator with the counterpart host institution limited to the following wording “This student has advanced to candidacy for a Ph.D. degree.” This statement must be signed and dated by the department chairperson,graduate dean, or other responsible administration official.
Fund Usage: 
Travel, subsistence costs, publication, equipment, costs associated with project assessment
Funding Restrictions: 

No indirect costs. Cost-sharing is not required.

Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Informatics
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems
Landscape Architecture

ULI/ Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition

Typical application deadline: 
December
Page last updated: 
09/23/2010
Application Deadline: 
December 3, 2010
weblinks: 
Competition information
Entrance information
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

ULI invites the participation of teams from accredited educational institutions in the United States and Canada. Teams must be made up of graduate students pursuing a graduate degree while fully enrolled for the entire period of the academic period during which the competition is conducted. Members of the jury; the competition advisers; all officials, current employees, and recent former employees of the Urban Land Institute (ULI); the employees, students, and immediate families of any of the aforementioned parties; and those who ULI deem to present conflicts of interest are ineligible to compete. All students from the previous year's finalist teams competitions are also ineligible.

ULI reserves the right to disqualify teams or to limit the number allowed to participate in the competition.

Teams can be disqualified if:

• they do not have the proper number or mix of students;
• they do not have a faculty adviser;
• they do not have the endorsement of their school/department/program head;
• their application is late; or
• they have not included all the necessary documentation with the application.

ULI reserves the right to limit the number of participating teams and the advancing teams can be chosen based on geographic diversity, team statements, team makeup, university diversity, or any of the criteria listed above.
Funding source home page: 
Urban Land Institute
Keywords: 
Business/Industry
Green development
International students
Land management
Landscape Architecture
Professional presentation
Research/field research
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Systems Thinking/Complexity Science
Urban Planning
Amount: 
$50,000 (winning team), $10,000 (finalist teams)
Funding Abstract: 

The ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition offers graduate-level students the opportunity to form their own multidisciplinary teams and engage in a challenging exercise in responsible land use. Student teams comprising at least three disciplines will have two weeks to devise a comprehensive design and development program for a real, large-scale site fraught with challenges and opportunities. Submissions will consist of boards that include drawings, site plans, tables, and market-feasible financial data. Please visit the competition archives to view previous submissions. 

The ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition is part of the Institute’s ongoing effort to raise interest among young people in creating better communities, improving development patterns, and increasing awareness of the need for multidisciplinary solutions to development and design challenges. This competition is an ideas competition; there is no expectation that any of the submitted schemes will be applied to the site. The winning team will receive $50,000 and the finalist teams $10,000 each.

Type of Funding: 
Award/Prize
Funding Comments: 

The first prize of $50,000 will be distributed as follows: $5,000 to the sponsoring department or college as an unrestricted grant, and the remaining $45,000 divided equally among the student team members whose names appear on the final submission.
The remaining three finalist teams will receive $10,000 each, divided equally among the student team members whose names appear on the final submission.

Application Process and Required Materials: 

The following materials must be included in your team's application:

Part 1: General application form with
• Four-digit identifying team code
• Name of faculty adviser
• Name of professional adviser (if applicable)
• Signature of sponsoring school/department/program head verifying that all participants
  are full-time graduate students enrolled for spring 2011
• Designated student team leader and team e-mail address

Part 2: Team Member 1—Leader
• One-page curriculum vitae

Part 3: Team Members 2-5
• One-page curriculum vitae for each team member

You may download the application form in Word or PDF format. Part 1 must be signed by the head of the sponsoring school/department/program and then scanned to PDF.

Fund Usage: 
General support
Fields of Study: 
Environmental Policy and Planning
Landscape Architecture

Academy Fellowship Program

Typical application deadline: 
February
Page last updated: 
04/08/2011
Contact Phone: 
(510) 926-4007
Application Deadline: 
February 18, 2011
Funding source home page: 
The Greenlining Institute
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Intended for multi-ethnic students who have at minimum completed their undergraduate studies

weblinks: 
Fellowship information
Application information
Keywords: 
Activism
Environmental Education
Environmental Justice
Green development
International students
Minority
People
Policy
Women
Amount: 
$33,800 + health benefits
Funding Abstract: 

The Academy Fellowship Program is an annual leadership training program for multi-ethnic students who want experience working on low-income and minority economic development. Fellows work independently and develop expertise in a project area with the direction of a Program Manager and the Academy Director.
Fellows conduct research, write reports and position papers, help organize community events, and interface regularly with multi-ethnic community, corporate, and government leaders. They write articles for various papers, represent the Greenlining Institute on TV and radio, and give presentations and testimony at policy hearings. Fellows also attend small group seminars on lobbying skills, public speaking, writing, media relations, and other personal development topics. Students also attend a Power Lunch series in which community, corporate, and government leaders are invited to meet informally with all Academy participants.

Type of Funding: 
Fellowship
Application Process and Required Materials: 

Completed application consists of: application form, personal statement (two pages max), two letters of recommendation (sent with application form), and copies of all higher education transcripts (unofficial is okay).

Fund Usage: 
Salary/stipend
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning

Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest

Typical application deadline: 
January
Contact Name: 
Cassandra Goings
Page last updated: 
11/16/2010
Application Deadline: 
January 31, 2011
Contact Phone: 
202-797-8600
weblinks: 
Contest information
Intent-to-Enter Form
Funding source home page: 
Public Justice
Applicant Eligibility: 
Graduate
Applicant Eligibility Comments: 

Any student currently enrolled in an accredited American law school may submit a legal essay for the competition.  Essays can only be written during the academic year covered by the competition and may not be prepared as part of paid legal work outside of law school.

Keywords: 
Animals
Biodiversity
Birds
Business/Industry
Conservation Biology
Ecological studies
Endangered Species
Energy
Environmental Justice
General support
Health
International
Law
Ocean/Marine
People
Policy
Pollution
Sustainability/Sustainable Development
Water/Aquatic
Amount: 
$5,000
Funding Abstract: 

THE HOGAN/SMOGER ACCESS TO JUSTICE ESSAY CONTEST offers law students an opportunity to receive reward and recognition for expounding on whether and how the courts can be used to obtain justice.

For 40 years, the competition was known as the Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest, providing law students an opportunity to investigate and offer solutions to the multitude of injustices inflicted on the environment.   The contest was established in 1970 by the late Roscoe B. Hogan of Birmingham, Alabama, a prominent environmental lawyer.  With additional support from noted attorney Gerson Smoger, the contest was renamed and expanded beginning with the 2011 competition.

The Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest is a $5,000 cash award given to the author of the winning essay.  The 2011 topic is:  The Gulf Oil Spill: Who Are The Victims & How Do They Get Compensated? 

Type of Funding: 
Award/Prize
Funding Comments: 

In addition to the $5000 cash prize, winner will also receive: recognition  in the Public Justice newsletter and on the website;  publication of the essay in the Vermont Law School’s online Journal of Environmental Law; and a free Public Justice Foundation membership for the Contest Year.  

Application Process and Required Materials: 

Each entry must be submitted through a faculty adviser.  All entrants must submit an INTENT TO ENTER FORM (see link below) by January 31, 2011.   The deadline for the essay is March 31, 2011.  A panel of nationally renowned trial lawyers and law professors will judge the entries.

 

Application must consist of a hard copy (typed) and a computer disc containing the essay and the abstract. The pages of the hard copy must be firmly fastened together with a cover page which must contain the following information:

 

  1. Title of Essay (must appear at the top of the first page of the essay)
  2. Author’s Name
  3. Author’s year in law school and expected graduation date
  4. Law school name and address
  5. Date submitted for academic credit, if so submitted
  6. Author’s permanent and school addresses and phone numbers (IMPORTANT: indicate effective dates for all addresses)
  7. Sponsoring faculty member name and phone number

Students must submit an abstract (100 words or less) describing the paper. Please include name, address, law school and phone number on the abstract. The author’s name and law school must NOT appear anywhere in the essay other than on the cover page and abstract.

 

Essays must not exceed 50 pages of 8½ by 11-inch paper, double-spaced, excluding footnotes.

 

 

 

 

 

Applicants MUST submit BOTH HARD COPY AND ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE ESSAY AND THE ABSTRACT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fund Usage: 
Cash prize
Fields of Study: 
Behavior, Education and Communication
Environmental Justice
Environmental Policy and Planning
Sustainable Systems

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